29 Jan., 2009 -- Come with meeee, said the ...

Aha!!! You can't hide!!! Come with meeeee! This is Tam the Retriever. She haunts the waiting room for victims!


And let's WEIGH you... Oh, no, Donna, NO NO NO. yes.
BP, temp, and it goes on and on.

This is the customized million dollar radiation machine, shaped just for me. Funny, I'm not really that shape, I don't think. This is the final process, they call it scar boost. Two sessions to go!

28 Jan., 2009 -- Happy Birthday, Samantha

Samantha turned 13 on Jan. 28. She's a teener!

Two little kids made snow angels beneath a tree on the lawn today. The snow was so cold and dry and crunchy!

The snow angels, and this after dark shot are off the Blackberry.


This is one of Springfield's surveillance cameras, a screen shot off the laptop this morning. I wasn't going to drive anywhere, as the side streets were a mess, as was the loop road and parking lot at St. John's.



The sun finally broke through this afternoon, and the loop road got scraped. It was a mess, all right. And SLICK under all that slush.

27 Jan., 2009 -- Black & White & Red All Over

Black and white and red all over.
Snow on top of the sleet from last night. Snowed all day. Only an inch or so. So far.

Then just black and white.

Was it the 25th?

I totally forgot it was the 25th until later in the evening. No problem, seems there's never a shortage of photos! This was my desk in the morning, left over from the night before.

I bought tickets way back months ago for a play at Stephens Auditorium for Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny. It was presented by the Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia. It lasted about an hour and it's a good thing, LAD was getting a little antsy. Also nervous about them turning off the lights and then keeping them dim.

Not sure what was going on in this photo, it has some odd little green dots, which is kind of interesting. I think I had it set to overexpose, from being outside earlier in the day. LAD was basically naked, just his underwear and snow boots on. Not sure where he thought he was going to go dressed like that!

27 Jan., 2009 -- UDO sightings

What... ok... Unidentified Driving Objects.
Stretching the imagination, but then we're socked in with the winter ice storm.



So, I'll go outside the east wing, get some creative pictures, and...
Ooops, locked myself out!
I was rescued by two aides with a wheelchair; I volunteered to stand by and open the door for them when they returned with a patient who showed up in one of those UDOs. Saved me from walking a block in the freezing rain around the hospital to the front door.




I'll bet they will have a party when I leave!

Protest... NO, you can't bind my feet!
Oh, well.

25 Jan., 2009 -- Back to SGF

No pics again today, drove back to Springfield.
Besides, I can't top this one, on Just Us In Iowa

24 Jan., 2009 -- Blackberry winter

Learned a couple of things today, naturally it had to be the camera function on the new blackberry phone! Not too bad quality, even with the protective plastic covering the lens. I can email the photo to my laptop, don't even have to transfer it with a memory card! It will take a mini sd card, about half the size of a postage stamp. Oh my, another card format... This one stores under the battery, so it's not likely to be removed very often.

It's charging on the usb connection, too. Moving map weather, radar & satellite & forecasts, gps location info, voice recording, video clips (haven't explored that yet).

Sticker shock... 89 dollars???

23 Jan., 2009 -- Airport activity

St. John's Life Line landed for fuel this afternoon.
No, it wasn't my taxi, just a routine fuel stop.
Kicked up lots of winter grass & leaves!


Sandy drove me to Springfield today, and we gabbed all day!
Then she and Matt showed me Steve's taxidermy museum,
with all their hunting trophies. Bass, boars, bears and more!

22 Jan., 2009 -- Felt like spring today

Hey, have you got a green thumb?
Well, yeah, Kathy, uh...
Do you want ... ??? ...
Sure, whadda yagot? Hey, thanks!

Overloaded with poinsettias after the holidays, the receptionist gleefully handed these over. To get the red leaves, these babies will have to go through a few months of "therapy". I'll look it up and report.

For the moment, they are tucked in with the other pots,
thirsting for sunlight in the south window,
waiting for their winter ordeal to end. It will.
Maybe LAD will get to ride his bike then, too!

Glorious sunset, Ben practicing in the Luscombe, and an
outrageously perfect day in January, 61 degrees.

21 Jon., 2009 -- Ooops, no photos

There're only o's on that headline; if only it were Oct. it would be better,
so how about Jonuary.
No photos, hmmm. Home yesterday, bowling last night, no news.
Well, cuz Jody might be related to that Galloway fellow in the Civil War story.